Massage apparatus.



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MASSAGE APPARATUS.

.- APPAIGATION FILED AUG. 7, 1911. 05 33 Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

H a J 7v e 4 m M UNITED SITATESIIPATENTLTOFFICE.

AIR-THU]; I1. PAGE AND ELMEB F. IBA.GE, OF MAIDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 7, 1911. Serial No. 642,689.

Patented Apr. 8 1913.

ments'in Massage. Apparatus, ofwhich the following is; a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inmassaging de vices of the type that depend upon the action of a jet ofwater to-entrain the air and produce the required suction, and theinvention has for its primary object a simple, durable and efficientconstruction of apparatus of this character,'includi-ng an aspirat-orcomposed of comparatively few parts that may be easily manufactured andreadily assembled and detached from each other for the purposes ofrepair or cleaning, and which will be so arranged that it may be easilyand securely applied to smooth faucets, as well as those that areprovided with exterior screwithreads, and the invention also aims togenerally improve this class of devices and to render them more usefuland commercially desirable.

With'these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of'the parts that we shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one application of our improvedmassage apparatus; Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal sectional view of a portionof the device; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of an attaching memberthat may be employed; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of oneembodiment of a vacuum pipe; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional teriorscrew-threads, designated 3, the latter being designed for engagementwith the exterior threads that are formed on the reduced neck 4 of avacuum pipe .5.

The casing l-is formed intermediate of its ends with a tapered jetnozzle 6, the discharge end of which is designed to fitin' a taperedsocket 7- formed in diameter, exteriorly, than the opening in the casing-1' in which the said extremity fits, whereby .to produce, around the extremity of the neck and at the discharge end of the nozzle 6, an annularair compart ment 8. I

9 designates the relatively narrow opening or water passage, through thenozzle 6.

l0 designates a nipple which projects perpendicularly from the casing 1,being formed integral therewith or secured thereto in any deslred way,said nipple opening j the extremity -ofthe neck 4, suchextrem-ity beingof less at one end into, the air compartment or chamber 8 whichsurrounds the nozzle. A rubber tube 11 is intended to be detachablysecured upon the nipple 10. Suction cups 12 ofany desired character,according I to the particular action to be secured or effect to beproduced, are intended to be secured detachably to the tube.

The vacuum pipe 5 is formed with a longitudinal 'bore or water passageextending entirely therethrough from end to end, said passage beingstraight in-that' embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2, andopening at the discharge endof the pipe into a relatively large chamber14.

- A screen 15, preferably formed of fine I wire cloth is'secured in anydesired way in the chamber-14 in spaced relation to the adjoining end ofthe passage 13, the water flowing through the passage 13"being not onlyprevented'from splashing by the screen. 15, but being sealedor banked upagainst the screen, to a certain extent, so as to assist in the actionof producing a partial vacuum or suction.

It is to be understood that our invention is not limited to astraightport or passage 13, but that said passage may, as best illustrated inFig. 4, be offset as at 16, the offset operating to bank up the waterand thereby prevent the air from drawing back through the dischargepipe.

In order that our apparatus may.be easily applied and secured to faucetsthat are.

formed with smooth exteriors, we have protime... awning section 17 whichis 1 formed at one end with a .threaded nipple of water at the faucet.

directly secured to the faucet.

18 desi "ed to engage the screw-threads 2 of the eh I orcasing 1. Atapered rubber thimble or gasket 19 fits loosely Within the bod portionof the attaching member 1'1, sai gasket beingnformed at its upper endwith an outstan flan e 20 adapted to rest within a recess orme in the upor end of the member 17, a clamping co ar 21 screwing down; u on theflange 20 and engaging the threa ed portion 22 of the membf! 17 wherebyto clamp the bushing 19 in p ace.

. From the foregoing description in connec- "tion with the accompanyingdrawing, the

operation of our improved massaging apparatus will be apparent. o

In the practical use of the device, if the direct source of water supplybe a faucet provided at its discharge end with exterior screw threads,the attaching member 17 will not be used, but the shell or cas' 1 willbe en the water is turned on it is obvious that the jet nozzle 6 and itsre ation to the socket 7 and the reduced extremity of the neck 4 of thevacuum ipe 5, will result in the air within the nipp e 10, tube 11 andsuction cup 12,

being entrained, a partial .vacuum being' thereby produced and a suctionresulting,

the same being regulated 'in any desired way, as for instance byregulating the force If the faucet be smooth it is only necessary toscrew the nipple 18 into the shell or casing 1 and to thrust. theattaching member 17 upon the discharge end of the faucet, the expansiblethimble or bushing 19 closing tightly upon the faucet, the attachingmember 17 being secured upon the faucet by a chain 23 or similarfastening device.

If desired, the apparatus may include a vibrator which may be secured toany part of the device and which in the present instance is shown in thedrawing as a collar 24 secured in any desired way as b a setscrew 25upon the tube 11, said col ar containing a spring-closed valve 26. Thespring 27 of the valve may be regulated by nozzle and be surrounded b athumb-screw 28 mounted on the valve Stem When ,this device is used andwhen the"vacuum in"'the tube ll becomes great enough, the valve 26 willbe opened by outside air-pressure. As soon as the vacuum -is broken, thespring 27 will again close the alve a vibratory effect being therebypmuce While the accompanying drawin discloses what we believe to be thepre erredp embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be madein the construction, arrangements and proportions of the parts withoutdepartin from the scope of the invention as define in the. appendedclaim.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is:

An aspirator, embodying a casing formed at one end for attachment to afaucet and provided at its opposite end with interior screw-threads andformed intermediate of its ends with a jet nozzle and with an aircompartment surrounding the same and an opening leading into saidcompartment, the casing being arranged for attachment to a suction tubeat said opening, and a vacuum pipe provided with a screw-threaded neckadapted to engage the screw-threads of the casing, the extremity of saidneck being formed with a tapered socket adapted to extend around thedischarge end of the jet said air compartment, said pipe being ormedwith an opening extending therethrough for the discharge of water, witha chamber at the discharge end of said opening, and a screen secured insaid chamber in spaced relation to the discharge end of the opening.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

- ARTHUR L. PAGE. [1,. s.

ELMER F. PAGE. [n.s.

Witnesses to nature of Arthur L. Page:

JOHN MC RILLIs, L. MARGUERITE WILMARTH.

Witnesses to siglnature of Elmer F. Page:

- CLARENCE OARNEY,

ABTHUR R. OARLSON.

